They wait in clutching haste for fate to fill the inside straight of their happiness. - George Alec Effinger

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Turmoil and revolution in their best guises serve to tear down ancient and meaningless customs, in favor of practical social reform.

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I see unhealthy signs of a new regime of religiosity and conservatism.

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“You shouldn’t be so critical,” said Mike the bartender. “Some people like this kind of thing, you know.”
“The kind of person who gets excited over that, I don’t care about,” said Ernest.

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